Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of the 23,819 Participants Who Completed the CLSA COVID-19 Questionnaire Study Exit Survey Between September and December 2020 and Reported Their Likelihood of Receiving a COVID-19 Vaccine
| Total | Likely to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine | Unlikely to Receive COVID-19 Vaccine | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | No. | % | No. | % | 95% CI | No. | % | 95% CI |
| Total | 23,819 | 100.0 | 20,044 | 84.1 | 83.7, 84.6 | 3,775 | 15.9 | 15.4, 16.3 |
| Age group, years | ||||||||
| 50–54 | 1,096 | 4.6 | 902 | 82.3 | 79.9, 84.4 | 194 | 17.7 | 15.6, 20.1 |
| 55–64 | 7,219 | 30.3 | 5,887 | 81.5 | 80.6, 82.4 | 1,332 | 18.5 | 17.6, 19.4 |
| 65–74 | 8,707 | 36.6 | 7,491 | 86.0 | 85.3, 86.7 | 1,216 | 14.0 | 13.3, 14.7 |
| ≥75 | 6,797 | 28.5 | 5,764 | 84.8 | 83.9, 85.6 | 1,033 | 15.2 | 14.4, 16.1 |
| Sex at birth | ||||||||
| Male | 11,186 | 47.0 | 9,898 | 88.5 | 87.9, 89.1 | 1,288 | 11.5 | 10.9, 12.1 |
| Female | 12,633 | 53.0 | 10,146 | 80.3 | 79.6, 81.0 | 2,487 | 19.7 | 19.0, 20.4 |
| Highest educational level | ||||||||
| Less than secondary school graduation | 1,082 | 4.5 | 790 | 73.0 | 70.3, 75.6 | 292 | 27.0 | 24.4, 29.7 |
| Secondary school graduation | 2,329 | 9.8 | 1,808 | 77.6 | 75.9, 79.3 | 521 | 22.4 | 20.7, 24.1 |
| Some postsecondary education | 1,703 | 7.2 | 1,389 | 81.6 | 79.6, 83.4 | 314 | 18.4 | 16.7, 20.4 |
| Postsecondary degree/diploma | 18,658 | 78.3 | 16,025 | 85.9 | 85.4, 86.4 | 2,633 | 14.1 | 13.6, 14.6 |
| Not available | 47 | 0.2 | 32 | 68.1 | 53.6, 79.8 | 15 | 31.9 | 20.2, 46.4 |
| Annual household income, Can$ | ||||||||
| <20,000 | 832 | 3.5 | 566 | 68.0 | 64.8, 71.1 | 266 | 32.0 | 28.9, 35.2 |
| 20,000–49,999 | 4,779 | 20.1 | 3,740 | 78.3 | 77.1, 79.4 | 1,039 | 21.7 | 20.6, 22.9 |
| 50,000–99,999 | 8,474 | 35.6 | 7,243 | 85.5 | 84.7, 86.2 | 1,231 | 14.5 | 13.8, 15.3 |
| 100,000–149,999 | 4,555 | 19.1 | 3,997 | 87.7 | 86.8, 88.7 | 558 | 12.3 | 11.3, 13.2 |
| ≥150,000 | 3,731 | 15.7 | 3,385 | 90.7 | 89.8, 91.6 | 346 | 9.3 | 8.4, 10.2 |
| Not available | 1,448 | 6.1 | 1,113 | 76.9 | 74.6, 79.0 | 335 | 23.1 | 21.0, 25.4 |
| Race | ||||||||
| Non-White | 903 | 3.8 | 674 | 74.6 | 71.7, 77.4 | 229 | 25.4 | 22.6, 28.3 |
| White | 22,887 | 96.1 | 19,346 | 84.5 | 84.0, 85.0 | 3,541 | 15.5 | 15.0, 15.9 |
| Not available | 29 | 0.1 | 24 | 82.8 | 64.7, 92.6 | 5 | 17.2 | 5.4, 35.3 |
| Province of residence | ||||||||
| Newfoundland | 1,356 | 5.7 | 1,160 | 85.5 | 83.6, 87.3 | 196 | 14.5 | 12.7, 16.4 |
| Prince Edward Island | 383 | 1.6 | 319 | 83.3 | 79.2, 86.7 | 64 | 16.7 | 13.3, 20.8 |
| Nova Scotia | 2,135 | 9.0 | 1,885 | 88.3 | 86.9, 89.6 | 250 | 11.7 | 10.4, 13.1 |
| New Brunswick | 450 | 1.9 | 363 | 80.7 | 76.8, 84.1 | 87 | 19.3 | 15.9, 23.2 |
| Quebec | 4,282 | 18.0 | 3,425 | 80.0 | 78.8, 81.2 | 857 | 20.0 | 18.8, 21.2 |
| Ontario | 5,526 | 23.2 | 4,702 | 85.1 | 84.1, 86.0 | 824 | 14.9 | 14.0, 15.9 |
| Manitoba | 2,150 | 9.0 | 1,804 | 83.9 | 82.3, 85.4 | 346 | 16.1 | 14.6, 17.7 |
| Saskatchewan | 565 | 2.4 | 458 | 81.1 | 77.6, 84.2 | 107 | 18.9 | 15.8, 22.4 |
| Alberta | 2,382 | 10.0 | 1,960 | 82.3 | 80.7, 83.8 | 422 | 17.7 | 16.2, 19.3 |
| British Columbia | 4,590 | 19.3 | 3,968 | 86.4 | 85.4, 87.4 | 622 | 13.6 | 12.6, 14.6 |
| Urbanicity of residence | ||||||||
| Rural area | 4,228 | 17.8 | 3,340 | 79.0 | 77.7, 80.2 | 888 | 21.0 | 19.8, 22.3 |
| Urban area | 19,467 | 81.7 | 16,598 | 85.3 | 84.8, 85.8 | 2,869 | 14.7 | 14.2, 15.2 |
| Not available | 124 | 0.5 | 106 | 85.5 | 78.1, 90.7 | 18 | 14.5 | 9.3, 21.9 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; CLSA, Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019.